Ally iOS Updates + What’s Next — We’d Love Your Feedback!

Hi AppleVis,

I wanted to drop by and share some of the latest updates to the Ally iOS app, give you a sneak peek at what’s on our roadmap, and hear your thoughts on what we should prioritize next.

What’s New in Ally

Since coming out of beta in March, we’ve been hard at work adding new features and improving the experience:

• Context-aware OCR — Ally now combines AI with optical character recognition to ensure the text it reads is more accurate than relying on language models alone.
• Games — You can now play simple, fun games like trivia and choose-your-own-adventure directly with Ally.
• Conversation History — Go back to previous conversations and pick up right where you left off.
• Customizable Voices — Use prompts to create voices that sound exactly the way you want. You can have as many as you like.
• Shortcuts (in Public Beta) — Create custom workflows inside Ally. For example, check the weather and get clothing suggestions, or have Ally brief you on your agenda for the day.

What’s Next

• Ally Solo Glasses — We just announced pre-orders for our new lightweight, affordable smart glasses, offering all of Ally’s features in a hands-free way when you’re out and about.
• Live Video AI — We’re working on bringing real-time video understanding to Ally.
• New Reading Features — Instant Text and batch scan are on the roadmap to make reading even faster.

We’re also exploring more museum-specific Ally experiences, where visitors can recognize and ask questions about artworks.

Your Turn

We’re starting to plan the next 6–12 months of development. If there’s something you’d like Ally to do — in the app or in combination with smart glasses — we’d love to hear it.

I’ll be here today to answer questions, and our team will be monitoring this thread closely to guide future updates.

Thanks for your continued feedback and support!

— Karthik